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L. R. ALEXANDRE.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916.

nnrrnn LILLIAN R. ALEXANDER OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CIGAR-BAND.

Application filed October 23, 1914.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LILLIAN R. Amnxav- DRE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of New York, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Cigar-Bands, of which the following is a full, clear,and exact specili cation.

My invention relates to improvements in bands adapted to be applied tocigars, and the same has for its object to provide a simple, efiicientand inexpensive band which may be readily attached to a cigar andremoved therefrom without danger of injuring the cigar or its wrapper.

Further, said invention has for its object to provide a band which maybe readily applied to a cigar, having means arranged thereon forremoving the same from the cigar, which means also serves to destroysaid band and prevent the re-use of the same.

To the attainment of the aforesaid objects and ends my inventionconsists in the novel details of construction, and in the combination,connection and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described andthen pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification whereinlike numerals of reference indicate like parts, Figure l is a top orplan view of a cigar with one form of band constructed according to, andembodying my said invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an enlargeddetail perspective View showing a band having ends secured together asthe same will appear when attached to a cigar; Fig. 3 is a rear view ofthe band with its ends extended to show the severing member, and theprotecting means therefor; Fig. 4 is a top edge view thereof; Fig. 5 isa rear or back view illustrating a modified construction and showing theends of the band extended; Fig. 6 is a rear view showing a modified formof band, and Fig. 7 is a front view, in perspective, of the constructionshown at Fig. 6.

In said drawings 10 designates the band comprising an elliptical centerportion or medallion 11. The said center portion, however may be of anyshape or form desired, and 12, 12 denote end members extending from theopposite side of said elliptical center portion, The extremities of theend Specification of Letters ?atent.

Patented Au 8, 16 116.

Serial No. 868,202.

portions 12, 12 are adapted to be secured together by paste or othermeans in order to maintain the band attached to a cigar. From one edgeof the center elliptical portion 11 extends a projecting member 13 whichis formed integrally with said band, and is provided at its free endwith a foldable seal-shaped section 14: which is adapted to registerwith a corresponding seal-shaped portion 15 also formed as a part of thefree end of the projecting section 13. The rear side of portions 1 1, 15are prefe'ably provided with an adhesive agent to permit of their beingsecured together to form a finger portion.

16 denotes a severing member which is preferably made of a thin silk orcotton thread or other suitable material and extends transversely acrossthe rear of the band from the upper edge of the elliptical centerportion 11 to the lower end of the projecting portion 13, and theconnected finger portions 14, 15 thereon. The flexible member 16 ispreferably secured to the rear of the band and its projecting section 13by pasting, and in order to prevent the rear side of said band and theprojecting section 13 thereon adhering to a cigar, the said band 12 andits projecting portion 13 are provided upon their rear side with aprotecting member which may be coextensive in outline with said band, asshown at 17 Fig. 5, or which may be formed of a narrow strip 17 ofthinwax paper or other suitable material impervious to moisture, as shown atFig. 3.

In order to provide a proper finger portion to permit of the easygrasping of the projecting end of the severing member 16 the seal-shapedmembers 14, 15 at the free end of the projecting section 13 are adaptedto be secured together and to embrace the end of the flexible severingmember secured to 'the underside of the projecting section 13.

In order to remove the band from a cigar it merely becomes necessary tograsp the seal-shaped finger portions 1%, 15 between the thumb andforefinger and thence raise the same upwardly by which operation theflexible severing member 16 will be caused to split the bandtransversely through the center of the medallion or intermediate portion11, and thereby release the band of its engagement with the cigar and atthe same time so destroy the band as to render the same unfit forfurther use.

At Figs. 6 and 7 I have shown a modified construction in which thecenter portion or medallion 11 is provided at its upper and lower edgeswith \l-shaped recesses or in dentations 11", 11 From the oppositevertical sides of the center portion 11 extend end portions 12, 12 16denotes the flexible severing member which is secured intermediate ofits ends to the rear of the elliptical portion 11 of the band, and hasits projecting portions located within the recesses 11 11 and itsextremities brought together and embraced by a foldable seal comprisingtwo sections 14, 14 secured together by a suitable adhesive agent. Inorder to prevent the pasted rear surface of the band and the flexiblesevering member 16 adhering to the cigar the rear side of the band isprovided with a protective covering 17 preferably formed of wax paper orother material suitably rendered impervious to moisture. The protectivecovering may correspond in outline with the outline of the band as shownat Fig. 5, and may be secured thereto by a suitable adhesive agent, orthe same may be formed of a narrow strip 17 as shown at Figs. 6 and 7.In this modified construction it merely becomes necessary to grasp theseal-shaped finger portions 14*, 15" between the thumb and theforefinger, and then raise the same whereby the portions of saidflexible member 16 located within the recesses 11 ,'11 will be caused toapproach each other and thereby split the hand through the center of theelliptical portion 11. 1

It is to be noted that in both the main and in the modifiedconstructions the protecting sections are made of very thin material sothat when the flexible severing member is manipulated it will serve notonly to tear or split the band itself but also the portions of theprotecting strip directly below the securing portion of said flexiblesevering member.

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim and desire tosecure by Let ters Patent is 1. A device of the character describedcomprising a band, a severing member secured to the inner surface ofsaid band intermediate the ends thereof, and a protecting sectionsecured to the inner surface of said band and inclosing said severingmember, substantially as specified.

2. A device of the character described comprising a band, a flexiblesevering member secured to the inner surface of said band intermediatethe ends thereof, means secured to said severing member for manipulatingthe same to sever the band, and a protecting section secured to theinner surface of said band and inclosing said severing member,substantially as specified.

3. A device of the character described comprising a band, an integralprojecting portion extending transversely therefrom, a flexible severingmember secured to the inner surface of said cigar band and to the innersurface of the member projecting therefrom, and a finger portion at thefree end of said projecting portion embracing one end of said severingmember, substantially as specified.

4. A device of the character described comprising a band, an integralportion extending laterally from one edge of said band intermediate theends thereof, a flexible severing member extending transversely of saidband and secured to the inner surface thereof and to the inner surfaceof said projecting member, and a finger portion secured to the free endof said projecting member and embracing the end of said severing member,substantially as specified.

5. A device of the character described comprising a band, an integralmember projecting transversely from one edge of said band intermediatethe ends thereof, a flexible severing member secured transversely ofsaid band to the inner surface thereof and to the inner surface of theprojecting member, a protecting section secured to the inner surface ofsaid band and of said projecting member and inclosing said severingmember, substantially as specified.

6. A device of the character described comprising a band, an integralmember projecting transversely from one edge of said band intermediatethe ends thereof, a flexible severing member secured transversely ofsaid band to the inner surface thereof and to the inner surface of theprojecting member extending therefrom, a protecting section secured tothe inner surface of said band and of said projecting member andinclosing said severing member, and a finger portion secured to the freeend of said project-ing member and embracing the end of said severingmember, substantially as specified.

Signed at the city of New York, in the county and State of New York,this 4th day of September, one thousand nine hundred and fourteen.

LILLIAN R. ALEXANDRE.

Witnesses:

JOHN PUYDEN, Josnrn G. QUINN, Jr.

Copies of this patentmay be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

